157. Is this the BEST Change in The Lord of the Rings Films? : Film Changes #44 and #45

We dig into Peter Jackson’s “orc pod” scenes and the cinematic invention of Lurtz, the alpha Uruk-hai,, then look at Tolkien’s less-than-precise lore against the movies’ need for explaining the Uruk-hai.

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